MIL-HDBK-162A
Volume 1
15 December 1965
Section 1
DATE: 15 April 1964
ITEM NAME: RADAR IDENTIFICATION SET
COGNIZANT SERVICE: USAF
TYPE: AN/GPX-6A
FEDERAL STOCK NUMBER: 5895-349-0041
USA
USN
USAF
USMC
STATUS OR TYPE CLASSIFICATION
TS
Mfg(s) Name or Code Number. Stewart Warner, Hazeltine Electric
the aircraft to operate and send out a coded response.
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
This response is received by the Radar Recognition Set
AN/UPX
which
then
applies
video
signals,
The AN/GPX-6A serves as a system, separate from
corresponding to the response codes, to Coder Decoder
AN/CPS-6B main radar, which develops and transmits
Group
IFF interrogations into a rotating beam. When the beam
intercepts a friendly aircraft, it causes the transponder in
AN/GPX-6A: 1
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